Looks like that would fall on me. After a quick look at some of the bugs, its seems like its a holding pen for bugs that need to be passed on to other areas or back to the add-on developer themselves (which often means closing them).
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Pasting what I mentioned in #fx-team > > > Regarding FFx::Extension Compatibility componen > t. > 702 bugs total, 282 of which are not marked against a particular version > . There are > 11 in FFx 44, 10 in FFx 45, 9 in FFx 46, 7 in FFx 47, 3 in FFx 48 > , > 1 tracking FFx 47 > , > and only 44 bugs since the first of the year > > I'd like to get those into the right component, and make a decision > on disposing > of > the rest? > > -- > Emma > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >> Let me take a look at those. >> >> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Justin Dolske <dol...@mozilla.com> wrote: >>> >>> Will Firefox :: Extension Compatibility also be rolled into this new :: >>> Other component? >>> >>> (There are ~700 open bugs there still, most of which look pretty stale.) >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Benjamin Smedberg >>> <benja...@smedbergs.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> There used to be a bugzilla.mozilla.org product called "Plugins". This >>>> product has been renamed "External Software Affecting Firefox" and its >>>> component structure has been greatly simplified. >>>> >>>> It is usually not helpful to track defects in 3rd-party software in the >>>> Mozilla bug tracker. The only time we want to track those defects is when >>>> we >>>> want to make explicit outreach efforts because those defects affect Firefox >>>> users. >>>> >>>> There were previously almost a hundred different "components" for fine >>>> classification of these bugs. This was not producing good results and >>>> caused >>>> confusion for many people filing bugs. So I've asked for most of these >>>> components to be retired, and now there will be just three components: >>>> >>>> "Flash (Adobe)" - for bugs in Adobe Flash. I am triaging this list and >>>> working with Adobe when necessary. >>>> "OpenH264" - I believe Maire Reavy's team triages this component for >>>> bugs that affect our deployment of OpenH264 with Cisco. >>>> "Other" - For defects in basically all other 3rd-party software, >>>> including other NPAPI and GMP plugins, Firefox extensions, and other >>>> software such as antivirus tools, that may affect Firefox. I am triaging >>>> these bugs as necessary. >>>> >>>> --BDS >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> firefox-dev mailing list >>>> firefox-...@mozilla.org >>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> firefox-dev mailing list >>> firefox-...@mozilla.org >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > firefox-dev mailing list > firefox-...@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
